No Walnut Ice Cream? Hello? Walnut Beach Creamery, Milford August 2021 Regarding my title, I have no idea if a pure walnut flavored ice cream would work. It probably wouldn't, and I really like walnuts. But you'd think Walnut Beach Creamery would have some sort of thematic walnutty option. Happily, that … [Read more...]
The Preppie Connection (2015)
Cocaine, Sage, Rosemary, and Doin’ Time The Preppie Connection, 2015 Nothing you’ll read below will be anywhere near as good as that title above, so you might as well quit now. My only hope is that what I write is better than the movie I watched. A movie that was “inspired by actual events." Actual events … [Read more...]
OEC Brewing
Oh Em Gee OEC Brewery, Oxford Many visits over many years Ah, OEC. Good ol’ OEC. OMG OEC. The pride of Oxford, CT. Ordinem Ecentrici Coctores. “Order of the Eccentric Boilers.” Which is utter nonsense and apparently improper Latin, but the claim is that owner, founder, head-brewer, head-blender, recipe … [Read more...]
Stewards of the Land Brewery
Hard to Swallow Stewards of the Land Brewery, North Branford February 2020 Please note that this was written about a long ago visit when the beer was brewed by a different brewer. So what you read below is like a snapshot of a time that should have no bearing on today - and no bearing on your opinion or decision … [Read more...]
Eli Whitney Museum
Ginning Up Excitement, to Cotton Favor Hamden (Google Maps location) December 2014 & November 2017 This museum is located in one of those awesome areas in Connecticut where an invested person could spend a lot of time. Edgerton Park, all the East Rock Trails, East Rock Brewing... Yale is just a few blocks south. … [Read more...]
Lakewood Road Post Office
Stamping Out Architectural Design Lakewood Road Post Office, Waterbury I've become enamored with out of place post offices in Connecticut. We have a bunch of them, so stay tuned over the next few decades as I uncover and expose them all here. Perhaps, when all is said and done, I'll have the definitive collection … [Read more...]
RWA: Lake Bethany
Well, Blow Me Down Lake Bethany, Bethany January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. And please obey all posted trail closure signs. This was an interesting hike with Calvin. Aug. 29, 2020: Officials said the tornado first touched down in a … [Read more...]
Fifth Year Brewery (Closed)
5THYEA B EWE Y Fifth Year Brewery, West Haven And in their Fifth Year, they closed... ... Or, more accurately, in their eighth year of pretending to exist in any real or tangible way, they never opened. Say what? Am I really writing a page about a brewery that was never actually a brewery? Yeah. I am. But! … [Read more...]
Stevenson Dam & Bridge
Bridge Over Troubled... Dam? Route 34 and The Stevenson Dam Monroe & Oxford Stop me if you've heard this one before: "the Stevenson Dam is one of only two dams in the country that has a public road over the top." Wait. That's ridiculous, even if I've seen it in print. The actual claim is more specific: "the … [Read more...]
Klan Drive
OKKKaaaayyy... Klan Drive, Wolcott I'm sure there's a perfectly benign explanation for Klan Drive in Wolcott. Googling "Klan" does not provide this, however. In fact, deep Googling only makes the case that "Klan" is and always was what you associate the word with. So maybe Wolcott's Klan Drive is named … [Read more...]
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